Marvin Fong, The Plain DealerFormer Cuyahoga County commissioner Jimmy Dimora, trailed by members of his family, arrives for another day in his federal racketeering trial in Akron, Ohio.

AKRON, Ohio -- Jimmy Dimora's defense team called the finance director for the city of Bedford to the stand this morning to discuss funding for the city's courts -- and whether it was affected by funding that Dimora helped get for a Cleveland halfway house.

Frank Gambosi, the city’s finance director since 1990, said he had produced documents to the FBI on how judges and city officials were paid, noting that Cuyahoga County pays for the salaries of workers.

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Background on the trial

Under cross-examination by U.S. Attorney Antoinette Bacon, Gambosi said he did not know whether the former county commissioner tried to divert money for a Bedford-based program the court had for inmates to Alternatives Agency, a Cleveland halfway house.

Alternatives came up several times during the prosecution phase of Dimora's trial. Federal prosecutor say that officials at the Cleveland halfway house paid kickbacks to Dimora in exchange for getting its Cuyahoga County contract extended -- and that Dimora diverted funds from programs like Bedford's to accomplish that.

Defense testimony had opened today with Berea Mayor Cyril Kleem, who testified about the city securing a $150,000 federal loan for a park improvement. Kleem, a second cousin of construction company ownerFerris Kleem -- who had testified earlier in the trial on behalf of the prosecution and pleaded guilty to bribery charges -- told the court that he mostly worked with county employees on the grant application, but that he had contacted Dimora after employees first rejected his application.

County worker Deborah Shaw,who testified that she helped connectCuyahoga County with contractor Steven Pumper's D-A-S Construction, but that she was unaware that Pumper was providing free work at Dimora's Independence home.